Mississippi announced today that star senior guard Marshall Henderson will be suspended for four games during the 2013-14 season due to multiple violations of team rules during the offseason.

Henderson will miss three regular season games for the Rebels, along with the team’s preseason exhibition on Friday. College basketball’s most polarizing player will be forced to sit out the team’s season opener against Troy, as well as the team’s first two SEC games against Auburn and Mississippi State.

The school cited “Henderson’s total conduct during the 2012-13 season, SEC and NCAA Tournaments, and his behavior since the end of the season” as their reason for suspending the reigning SEC Player of the Year. Henderson was notorious for his on-court antics during the year, and after the season, Henderson was suspended due to a run-in with the law.

“I support this decision, and I am thankful to our leadership for allowing Marshall the opportunity to earn the right to rejoin our team,” coach Andy Kennedy said in a statement. “Marshall has been compliant with the process put in place for him since his suspension in early July, and we look forward to him being back on our team.”

Henderson is the conference’s top returning scorer, averaging 20.1 points per game for the reigning SEC Tournament champions.

Ole Miss guard Marshall Henderson has already rejoined the Rebels after an offseason-long suspension, but at SEC Media Day yesterday, coach Andy Kennedy said that Henderson’s suspension is still a fluid situation and that the number of games that the defending SEC Player of the Year will miss is still undecided.

Henderson was suspended in July for violating team rules due to run-ins with the law that involved marijuana and cocaine. He was reinstated in late September.

“If I was a betting man — not that I am — but if I was a betting man, I would say that his lesson has been learned and he’s looking forward to the opportunity to play in the SEC,” Kennedy said Wednesday at Southeastern Conference media days.

“He’s been tremendous in his approach and the way in which he’s tried to help young guys,” Kennedy said. “I’ve really found him to be more of a leader on the floor and take some responsibility not only for himself but for those around him.

“I’ve been pleased with the way he’s responded.”

Henderson averaged 20.1 points per game last season for the defending SEC Tournament Champions, and helped lead the team to the Sweet 16.

One of college basketball’s most exciting players will be back on the hardwood tomorrow after an offseason-long suspension.

Marshall Henderson, a rising senior for defending SEC Tournament champion Mississippi, will practice for the first time after being suspended in July for a violation of team rules. Police reports show that Henderson had several run-ins with the law involving possession of marijuana and cocaine.

According to coach Andy Kennedy, Henderson will still miss an undetermined number of games, but he will play this season.

“He will miss games, but this is a process,” Kennedy said by phone Thursday afternoon. “When he was suspended in early July, he was told by (school officials) that in order to put an Ole Miss basketball jersey back on, he had to earn it. That meant he had no access to our practice facilities. From July to the end of August, he proved he had taken those steps in the process, so he earned the right to be back on the team. Since we started school at the end of August, he’s been conditioning with the team and he’ll be at our (the first) practice Friday. The number of games he’ll miss is undetermined.”

Henderson is the reigning SEC Player of the Year. Last season, Henderson averaged 20.1 points per game for the Rebels, and led the team to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament.